1751
On the 1st of July, 1751, a warrant was issued under the sign-manual, regulating the uniform, colours, and standards of the regiments of the line, from which the following particulars are extracted respecting the First Irish Horse.
Hats—Ornamented with silver lace, and a black cockade.
Coats—Scarlet, faced and lappelled with pale blue, button-holes worked with white, white metal buttons set on two and two, and a long slash pocket in each skirt.
Waistcoats and Breeches—Pale blue.
Cloaks—Red, lined with pale blue, and the buttons set on two and two, on white frogs, or loops.
Horse Furniture—Pale blue, with a border of broad white mohair lace, having a scarlet stripe down the centre, and I H embroidered on a red ground, within a wreath of roses and thistles, on each holster-cap and on each corner of the housing.
Standards—The King's, or First Standard, to be of crimson damask, embroidered and fringed with gold and silver; in the centre the rose and thistle conjoined and crown over them, and the motto Dieu et mon Droit underneath; the white horse in a compartment in the first and fourth corners, and I H in silver character on a pale blue ground in a compartment in the second and third corners. The second and third Standard to be of pale blue damask; in the centre the rank of the regiment in silver Roman characters, on a crimson ground, within a wreath of roses and thistles; the white horse on a red ground in the first and fourth compartments, and the rose and thistle conjoined upon a red ground in the second and third compartments.
Officers—Distinguished by silver lace, coats bound with silver embroidery, the button-holes worked with silver, and a crimson silk sash worn over the left shoulder.
Quartermasters—To wear a crimson sash round the waist.